FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
Dear colleague,
The KEMEROVO STATE UNIVERSITY ,
and the Museum-Preserve "TOMSKAYA PISANITSA"
will hold an INTERNATIONAL PREHISTORIC ART CONFERENCE
on 3 - 8 August 1998 in Kemerovo, RUSSIA

The objective of this congress will be to focus on current
problems in prehistoric art studies: modern field and laboratory
research methods, theoretical and historical analysis, chronology,
semantic interpretation, preservation and presentation.

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM:
Six days of 9 academic symposia, covering a wide range of topics
relevant to some important aspects of research in Prehistoric
Art; discussions; round tables; presentations of new finds;
films; displays; exhibitions; museum visits; excursion and workshop
on the rock art sites of the River Tom; opening and closing
plenary session, gala-dinner, etc.

The time limit for papers is 20 minutes. The official languages
of the Congress will be Russian and English. Abstracts of papers
(max. 400 words) should be submitted in Russian or English (preferably,
but French, Italian, Spanish and German will also be allowed)
up to 15 March 1998. Abstracts will be published in the Conference
book.

Tours and excursions :

There will be a number of pre- and post-conference tours lasting
from 4 to 10 days. It will be possible to see the numerous rock
art sites of Southern and Eastern Siberia, as well as the museums,
monuments, ethnographical sights and beautiful landscapes.